Cookie Usage Policy
This policy pertains to the cookies used, where applicable, on websites and applications operated by our company.
This policy complements our Privacy Policy, which includes additional useful information, including the purposes and legal grounds for data processing, data transfers, your rights, and more.
Proper protection of personal data is a crucial goal for us, and we demonstrate a strong commitment to data protection, privacy, security, and compliance with legislation concerning personal data protection and privacy.
Our intent is to be as clear and transparent as possible regarding our approach to personal data protection. For any questions, please contact us at dpo@setrio.ro.
What are Cookies?
An HTTP cookie, or simply a cookie, is a small, often encoded file sent from a server to a web browser (user) and then sent back (unchanged) by the browser every time it accesses the respective server. The cookie is stored on the user's computer, mobile device, or other equipment from which the internet is accessed. The cookie is installed at the request of the user’s terminal to one of our company's servers or a third-party server.
What are Cookies Used For?
These files primarily make it possible to recognize the user’s device and display content in a relevant way, customized to the user’s preferences.
Cookies ensure a pleasant browsing experience for users and support our efforts to offer more customized services.
They are also used to prepare anonymous aggregated statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content without identifying the user personally.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies.
- Session cookies are temporary files that remain in the user’s device until the session ends or the application is closed.
- Persistent cookies stay on the user’s device for a predetermined period, as specified by the cookie’s parameters, or until manually deleted by the user.
How Our Website Uses Cookies
A visit to this site may place the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies – These are essential for the efficient functioning of our website.
- Performance cookies – These are used to analyze how our website functions and how we can improve it.
- Functionality cookies – These improve your experience by remembering, for example, what products you added to your cart.
- Targeting/Advertising cookies – These are used to share specific information with third parties with whom we advertise, helping us know how you arrived at our site. We may also use cookies to identify parts of our site that interest you. We then use this information to display ads and pages that we believe may interest you, to customize how we communicate with you, or to personalize the content of the communications we send you.
Strictly necessary cookies and/or similar technologies are essential for the site’s proper functioning and are set on your device upon accessing the site or following actions on the site. You can set your browser to block cookies, though this may cause some sections of the site not to function properly.
Do Cookies Contain Personal Data?
Cookies store information in a small text file that enables a website to recognize a browser. The web server will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores information that enhances the Internet browsing experience (e.g., language settings for accessing a site, keeping a user logged into their webmail account).
In general, cookies or similar technologies do not require personal data for use and often do not identify Internet users.
However, situations may arise where personal data can be collected through the use of cookies to facilitate certain functionalities for the user or to provide a more customized experience. Such data is encrypted in a way that prevents unauthorized access.
Blocking Cookies
If you choose to block cookies, some of the site’s functionalities will be disabled, which may result in certain malfunctions or errors when using our site. For example, blocking cookies may prevent you from:
- Making purchases online
- Logging into your account
Managing Preferences for Cookie Placement
Typically, an application used to access web pages allows the saving of cookies and/or similar technologies on the terminal by default.
You can change these settings to block automatic management of cookies by your web browser or to be notified every time cookies are sent to your terminal.
Limiting the use of cookies may impact certain functionalities of the website.
Why Cookies are Important for the Internet
Cookies and/or similar technologies are central to the efficient operation of the Internet, helping generate a friendly browsing experience that is adapted to each user’s preferences and interests.
Rejecting or disabling cookies may render some sites or parts of sites unusable.
Security and Privacy Aspects
Most browsers integrate privacy settings that provide various levels of cookie acceptance, expiration times, and automatic deletion upon closing the user’s browser.
Additional security aspects related to cookies include:
- Customizing browser settings for a comfortable level of cookie security usage.
- Setting long expiration terms for storing browsing history and personal access data if you are the sole user of the computer.
- Clearing browsing data after each session if you share access to the computer, which will delete any visiting information upon closing the browsing session.
To provide functionality, analysis, and advertising, we use services from the following third parties: Google Inc.
These third parties may set and use cookies and/or similar technologies on websites and applications operated by us, as well as on websites and applications other than those operated by us.
We will not use cookies in any ways other than those outlined in this Cookie Usage Policy.
